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Objetivo: identificar e realizar uma análise do uso de recursos naturais para tratamento de doenças prevalentes na infância em uma comunidade sob a perspectiva do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Metodologia: estudo de abordagem qualitativa, onde adotou-se como estratégia metodológica a construção do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, sendo transcritos e para sua análise foi utilizado o Qualiquantisoft. Resultados: foram ao todo 54 informantes, as respostas ressaltaram a utilização de recursos naturais para o tratamento de doenças prevalentes na infância, sendo identificada nas ideias centrais e Discursos do Sujeito Coletivo encontrados. Evidenciou-se o uso dos recursos naturais no tratamento de doenças em crianças como alternativa ou complemento ao tratamento farmacológico, sendo expressada ainda grande confiabilidade nos resultados do seu uso. Conclusão: a utilização do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo representou uma importante ferramenta para a obtenção dos dados, possibilitando assim uma análise mais fidedigna do conhecimento popular dos entrevistados.
Objective: identify and conduct a review of the use of natural resources for treatment of prevalent in childhood diseases in a community from the perspective of the Collective Subject Discourse. Methodology: study of qualitative approach, where as methodological strategy adopted the construction of the collective subject discourse. The data were collected through semi-structured interview being transcribed and for its analysis was used the Qualiquantisoft. Results: a total of 54 key informants, the responses highlight the use of natural resources for the treatment of prevalent in childhood diseases, being identified in the central ideas andthe Collective Subject Discoursefound. Showed the useof natural resources in the treatment of diseases in children as an alternative or complement to drug therapy, still expressed high confidence in the results of its use. Conclusion: the use of the collective subject discourse represented an important toolfor getting the data, thus enabling a more accurate analysis of the popular knowledge of respondents.
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Humanos , Criança , Conhecimento , Criança , Plantas MedicinaisRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The use of natural resources for the treatment of acute respiratory infections in children is a widespread practice within traditional communities, especially by women by being the primary caregivers. This study aimed to perform ethnobiological survey of plants and animals used for the treatment of acute respiratory infections in children of a traditional community in the municipality of Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil. METHODS: It is a descriptive exploratory study with a quantitative approach, developed in Sitio Santo Antonio, in the municipality of Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil. As a tool for data collection, was applied a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Data analysis used descriptive statistics (simple and percentage rate) and the Relative Frequency of Citation. RESULTS: The research included a total of 54 informants. In total, there were 38 species cited. According to the Relative Frequency of Citation the following species were the most cited: Ocimum basilicum L. (0.59), Eucalyptus globulus Labili (0.59), Plectranthus amboinicus (L.) Spreng (0.42), Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. (0.24), Allium aescalonicum L. (0.22) and Mentha arvensis L. (0.18). Among the symptoms mentioned by the research subjects to treat the acute respiratory infections in childhood, there were: fever; cough; coughing with secretions; sore throat; hoarseness; tiredness; nasal congestion. CONCLUSIONS: It is important the knowledge about the usefulness of natural resources as alternative practices in diseases treatment, seeking to rescue popular knowledge used in the traditional community and fomenting the need to consider cultural aspects in the full practice to children's health care.
